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It seems like Auria is more suited for a band environment, would meteor be a good choice for production, guess I lean that way just because I always thought meteor looked cool lol
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What does "production" mean to you?
Techno/electro genres
Meteor is a dead - the devs don't care to answer emails!
Hasn't been updated for a very long time.
Gadget and auria and you're all set for anything. Gadget to create, auria to mix if you don't like mixing in gadget.
Of course, with the fabfilter synths and the lyra sampler auria is quite capable of production as well.
Wait for bm3 or nanostudio 2. There is no all-in-one daw app at the moment .
Never wait to make music! Whatever tools are available, make music with them.
As another post just reminded me, beatmaker 2 is out there and if you want to make tracks with terrible clarinet and accordion samples that's your app! But seriously, it is useful but would be better if you could choose what samples to install. Now that my phone holds more than 13gb maybe I'll try it again. After all, my hip hop production sounds like nothing you've ever (wanted to) heard before! ;-)
Auria Pro is an all-in-one DAW: everything that a Desktop DAW can do, Auria Pro can do also, and more. You can buy Gadget or any other synth app if you want a particular sound or workflow, but you absolutely don't have to, because Auria Pro has the very best iOS synths, the FF One and the FF Twin.
All the best!
Respect your opinion , but for me buying Auria for composing is like buying Reaper for desktop. I don't think it's meant for composing ,rather mixing and editing.
Caustic , Gadget , Beathawk, iMPC Pro and many others are great tools but not DAWs.
I respect yours also, truly. But it's a matter of fact that Auria Pro is a complete, all-in-one solution, the first and, up to now, the only one in iOS. It's a matter of fact it can do everything that Desktop DAWs, say Sonar X3 or Cubase Elements or Reaper, can do. With Auria Pro, you don't need a PC at all, and that's a revolution for me.
You can compose in Auria Pro: in fact, I do it all the time. There are a huge selection of included virtual instruments, a sample player that can play EXS libraries, and the two best synths on iOS IMO. The piano roll currently is the best on iOS except for Garageband's.
Perhaps, you are talking about Auria 1.x, which used not to have a MIDI sequencer? Just wondering.
All the best!
You are right and I'm sorry about my uninformative post . I only knew about the midi sequencer and not the included synth and sampler.
I agree that Auria can almost be a one-stop shop for composing and producing. I only say almost because there are many good app synths and other sound generators beyond Auria's built-ins and plugins.
Nothing is a one stop shop, if you want an infinite variety. Auria certainly can be. But if you have a favourite synth or drum machine or amp modeller, it all goes in just fine. But there's more there already than I will ever use.
I compose an Auria pretty much exclusively.
Auria has all the tools, but the midi side for me is clunky. I can't get on with that piano roll and it doesn't even have cycle recording for midi parts.
I've deleted it for space at the moment, but will re-install the non pro version again if any mixing duties are needed, which is where it excels imo.
Most iOS DAW's do some things better than others in certain areas and fall down in others.
I'm still waiting for an all in one solution that fits the bill for me.
That said, I will crack on with what I've got.
What Iconnactic said about Auria
Which Auria version did you try, Lee? The current version's (2.04) piano roll is probably the best on iOS (better than Gadget IMO) but it was clunky when the app launched.
2.03 I think.
To be fair, I haven't tested 2.04, but without cycle recording it's still going to be a no go for me for now. I also think my iPad 4 would buckle with more than a couple of Fabfilter twins running too.
Indeed. That's the price of having so much Desktop grade features: it will only run on Desktop grade hardware, the iPad Air and newer (Air 2 or newer the safer recommendation IMO).
There's no cycle recording yet: I'm sure Rim will add it if we keep asking, because he has a consistent record of adding features asked by Auria users.
Auria Pro is not without its flaws, but it's absolutely the best option currently on iOS. Cubasis handles some things better, yet it very quickly becomes apparent that it has huge limitations and you start to feel a little "trapped" within it. Likewise, Gadget has a very claustrophobic feel.
MIDI editing is, I find, still a pig in all of them. It's easier to record MIDI out from Fugue Machine, Xsynthesizr, etc. For mixing, though, Auria Pro is superb.
I got an iPad Pro 12.9" last night and the optimised mixer view and sheer extra power are going to relegate my MBP to a file management hub now. Just about to take the plunge on some Fabfilter IAPs too....
Gadget+Auria.
There's no one DAW that will suit everyone, I have Auria Pro and while it looks very good (I haven't created anything to speak of with it, yet though), it won't be first choice for everyone. For example, for me, Auria's piano roll (whilst much improved form the first versions of Pro) lacks the simple immediacy of Gadget's. Once you're familiar with that, there's a lot you can do with it and quickly.
Gadget is great for electronica. I intend to revisit it's new arpeggiators at some point, in particular.
On the Desktop, I have Reaper and I never use it, I just don't like it's interface. FLStudio on the other hand, I've used for years and there's things I can do with it that i can't do anything in iOS (sampler stuff etc.).